Vulnerability · Published Jul 6, 2022 · Assigned by MediaTek
CVE-2022-21783
Medium 6.7
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in MT6761, MT6779, MT6781, MT6833, MT6853, MT6873, MT6877, MT6879, MT6883, MT6885, MT6889, MT6893, MT6895, MT6983, MT8167S, MT8168, MT8175, MT8183, MT8185, MT8362A, MT8365, MT8385, MT8667, MT8675, MT8696 from MediaTek, Inc.. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 1% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
In WLAN driver, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS06704526; Issue ID: ALPS06704482.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://corp.mediatek.com/product-security-bulletin/July-2022 x_refsource_MISC